Friday, April 10, 2015

Top ten novels about style

Joseph Connolly's latest novel is Style. For the Guardian he tagged his top ten novels about style, including:

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (1925)

The “Great American Novel” about class, money, decadence, money, obsession, selfishness, passion, money, clothes and money. A highly amusing though grossly overrated book – it is no wonder that it was voted the 20th century’s best American novel, because Americans sincerely believe that they actually invented style: the best that money can buy.